What does זוּר · ἄνομος mean in the Bible?
זוּר · ἄνομος is a Hebrew phrase meaning "strange, alien, morally estranged".
Hebrew · H2114, G459
זָר
To turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a foreigner , strange , profane ; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery · lawless
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זוּרH2114to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a foreigner , strange , profane ; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery
Pronunciationzar
Fundamental sense of turning aside or away creates spectrum: spatial alienation (foreigner) through moral estrangement (adultery, profaneness).
Open lexicon entry →ἄνομοςG459lawless
Pronunciationánomos
Describes both active wickedness and those existing outside God's law entirely, not merely lawbreaking
Open lexicon entry →What does זָר (zar) mean in the Bible?
זוּר · ἄνομος is a Hebrew phrase meaning "strange, alien, morally estranged".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H2114, G459?
H2114, G459 is connected to 77 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. strange, alien, morally estranged
Source Gloss
strange, alien, morally estranged
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups3Aligned forms61
Qalbasic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense4×
PerfectJob 19:13 · Ps 58:4 · Ps 78:30 · Job 19:174×
Niphalpassive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action2×
PerfectEzek 14:5 · Isa 1:42×
Hophalcausative passive — the subject is caused to perform the action1×
Participle passivePs 69:91×
Word Origins
זָר is a primitive root - no further derivation.